.dotfiles

These are my personal dotfiles (sanitised to remove specific client or project commands), but are useful for cleaning up my personal shell.

Used For

• bash shell
• git configuration, including:
  • GitHub configuration
• iftop configuration
• Sublime Text 2 Preferences, including:
  • Sublime Package Control Preferences

Usage:

I usually have my dotfiles symlink'd from my projects folder to my HOME directory: ln -s /projects/.dotfiles/ ~/.dotfiles

Then I copy the .bash_profile.template to make a local .bash_profile in my HOME directory: cp /.dotfiles/.bash_profile.template ~/.bash_profile - you could also do this set by manually editing the existing .bash_profile file.

(after some Homebrew installation...)

Then I set up the various sym-links for configuring Homebrew items:

ln -s /.dotfiles/.gitaliasconfig .gitaliasconfig
ln -s /.dotfiles/.gitconfig .gitconfig
ln -s /.dotfiles/.githubconfig .githubconfig
ln -s /.dotfiles/.iftoprc .iftoprc

You'll need to edit the .githubconfig file with your specific secret tokens, as well as the .gitconfig file with your desired commit author name & email.

Once Sublime Text 2 with Sublime Package Control is installed, I can then use the Preferences.sublime-settings in ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings, either through:

• symlinking: ln -s /.dotfiles/Preferences.sublime-settings ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings
• manual editing, preferably through Sublime Text so you see the changes immediately!

I use the Inconsolata font in Sublime Text 2, so you'll want to install that as well.

And now you can enjoy a brand new configuration!